... t account surplus turned into a deficit in 2017, as the country posted its largest ever annual trade deficit. The central bank could be behind the curve and might have to take action soon. Separately, ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
... or even a surplus in 2018. Putin has also called for higher living standards and higher spending on social infrastructure, such as healthcare and education. Some government officials have called for l ...More
EJ Insight2018-05-02
... ral trade surplus with the US by US$100 billion, which it could do by buying US$100 billion worth of US oil or gas. But whether China were to reduce its purchases from elsewhere or simply sell the US ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-09
... ods trade surplus with the US in 2017, a figure that Trump has demanded be cut by US$100 billion. -- Contact us at [email protected] CG ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-04
... ods trade surplus with the US in 2017, a figure that Trump has demanded be cut by US$100 billion. But USTR said the China tariffs announced on Tuesday were proposed “in response to China’s policies th ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-04
... uge trade surplus with the US, but many American companies also gain from China trade. Apple, for instance, earned US$18 billion from China market in last fiscal quarter, representing 20 percent of it ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-27
... cord cash surplus of HK$138 billion for the current financial year to March. They said the benefits Chan had announced would mainly go to the middle class while only scant resources have been allocate ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-22
... ion trade surplus with the US. The Trump administration has been pressing Beijing to come up with a way of reducing that number. In January, Trump told Reuters he was considering a big “fine” as part ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-20
The United States is pressing China to cut its trade surplus with the former by US$100 billion, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday, clarifying a tweet last week from President Donald Trump. L ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-15
... ion trade surplus with the United States. When President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser visited Washington recently, the administration pressed him to come up with a way of reducing that number. Wh ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-14
... ion goods surplus with the United States last year. Trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies have risen since Trump took office, and although China accounts for only a small fraction o ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-09
... its trade surplus with the US by US$1 billion, which appeared to have been raised during a meeting with a top Chinese official last week. “China has been asked to develop a plan for the year of a One ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-08
As expected, Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po refused to offer cash handouts to the public in his latest budget despite the record fiscal surplus of HK$138 billion. There have been mounting calls f ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-05
... a record surplus of HK$138 billion for the year. His speech was roundly slammed by various groups, including pro-establishment lawmakers, for various reasons. The biggest criticism, however, is that ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-05
... rd budget surplus of HK$138 billion and a fiscal reserve of over HK$1 trillion. The Hong Kong Economic Journal calls the budget a sort of pepper-spraying of tiny goodies to the various sectors of soci ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-02
... gh budget surplus, and choosing instead to plow back some of the money to society through indirect means. In a radio interview on Thursday, the financial secretary called on people to regard the bud ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-02
... cord cash surplus. Pro-establishment groups said that although the budget includes plans to invest for a better future, the benefits mainly go to the middle-class, and that scant resources have been ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-01
How does one account for the situation in Hong Kong where we have a bigger than big budget surplus yet we live in smaller than small homes? Worse still, the budget plan unveiled by Financial Secretary ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-01
... st budget surplus is HK$138 billion, far more than Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po had forecast earlier. We are by any measure the envy of governments around the world. With all that public money, ...More
EJ Insight2018-03-01
... st budget surplus is HK$138 billion, far more than Fina ...全文
今日信報時事評論STRAIGHT-SHOOTING褚簡寧 Michael Chugani2018年03月01日
